Buka ea Pele ea Samuele
27 Leha ho le joalo, Davida a re ka pelong: “Ka letsatsi le leng Saule o tla mpolaea. Ho molemo hore ke balehele+ naheng ea Bafilista. Saule o tla tlohela ho mpatla naheng eohle ea Iseraele+ ’me ke tla phonyoha letsohong la hae.” 2 Kahoo, Davida a tloha le banna ba 600+ ba neng ba e-na le eena ’me ba ea ho Akishe+ mora oa Maoke, morena oa Gathe. 3 Davida hammoho le banna ba hae ba lula le Akishe Gathe, monna e mong le e mong a e-na le ba lelapa la hae. Davida o ne a e-na le basali ba hae ba babeli e leng Akinoame+ oa Mojezriele le Abigaile+ oa Mokarmele, eo e neng e le mosali oa Nabale. 4 Ha Saule a bolelloa hore Davida o balehetse Gathe, a tlohela ho mo batla.+
5 Davida a re ho Akishe: “Haeba u ntumella, ke kopa u mphe sebaka ho e meng ea metse e ka thoko e le hore nka lula moo. Ha ho hlokahale hore mohlanka oa hao a lule motseng oa borena le uena.” 6 Kahoo, Akishe a mo fa Ziklage+ letsatsing leo. Ke ka lebaka leo Ziklage e leng ea marena a Juda ho fihlela letsatsing lena.
7 Nako* eo Davida a e lutseng libakeng tse ka thoko tsa Bafilista e bile selemo le likhoeli tse ’nè.+ 8 Davida o ne a tloaetse ho nyoloha le banna ba hae ho ea hlasela Bageshure,+ Bagireze le Baamaleke+ hobane ba ne ba lula naheng e tlohang Telame ho ea fihla Shure+ le ho ea fihla moeling oa naha ea Egepeta. 9 Ha Davida a hlasela naha, o ne a bolaea banna hammoho le basali kaofela+ empa o ne a nka linku le lipoli, likhomo, litonki, likamele le liaparo ebe o khutlela ho Akishe. 10 Akishe o ne a mo botsa a re: “Le ne le hlasetse sebaka sefe kajeno?” Ebe Davida o re: “Re hlasetse sebaka se ka boroa* ho Juda”+ kapa “Re hlasetse sebaka se ka boroa ho Bajeramiele”+ kapa “Re hlasetse sebaka se ka boroa ho Bakene.”+ 11 Davida ha aa ka a tlohela monna kapa mosali leha e le ofe hore a phele ’me a tlisoe Gathe hobane o ne a re: “E le hore ba se ke ba ba bolella ka rona ’me ba re, ‘Davida o entse tjena.’” (O ne a tloaetse ho etsa joalo ka nako eohle eo ka eona a lutseng libakeng tse ka thoko tsa Bafilista.) 12 Kahoo, Akishe a kholoa Davida ’me a re ka pelong: “Batho ba habo ba Iseraele ba mo hloile. Kahoo, o tla lula e le lekhoba la ka.”